400 calls to rape hotline

A HOTLINE for rape and sexual assault victims by Russian troops received 400 calls in just two weeks.

The Ombudsman for Human Rights in Ukraine, Lyudmyla Denisova, said the line is so overwhelmed that the five psychologists who operate it ‘cannot cope with the load’.

Victims include adults and children, both male and female, with some attacked while terrified relatives were forced to watch. In Bucha, 25 victims aged 14 to 25 were ‘systematically’ raped while being held captive in a basement. Nine are now pregnant.